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Lights, Camera, Christmas!Luke 21-20Matthew
21-12
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In 2006 the greatest Christmas verse in the Bible
may be ...
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Hebrews 122Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the
author and perfecter of our faith
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In Luke 21-20 andMatthew 21-12 ...
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1. An Angel of the Lord brought Good News
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Luke 29An angel of the Lord appeared to them
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2. The Glory of the Lord shone
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Luke 29the glory of the Lord shone around them
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3. The shepherds Glorified and Praised God
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Luke 220The shepherds returned, glorifying and
praising God for all the things they had heard
and seen
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4. The Star showed the way
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Matthew 29the star they had seen in the east
went ahead of them until it stopped over the
place where the child was
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5. The Magi worshiped him
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Matthew 211they bowed down and worshiped him.
Then they opened their treasures and presented
him with gifts
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TODAY we have no angels, no star, no shepherds
and no magi. WHO then has God instructed to
take their place?
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We need to share the Good News
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Romans 1014,15How, then, can they call on the
one they have not believed in? And how can they
believe in the one of whom they have not heard?
And how can they hear without someone preaching
to them? And how can they preach unless they are
sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the
feet of those who bring good news!
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We need to be Light in a Dark World
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Matthew 514,15You are the light of the world. A
city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do
people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.
Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives
light to everyone in the house.
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We need to show the Way
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2 Corinthians 47But we have this treasure in
jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing
power is from God and not from us.
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Philippians 214-16Do everything without
complaining or arguing, so that you may become
blameless and pure, children of God without fault
in a crooked and depraved generation, in which
you shine like stars in the universe as you hold
out the word of life
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We need to Glorify andPraise God
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Matthew 516In the same way, let your light
shine before men, that they may see your good
deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
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We need to Recommit ourselves to Genuine Worship
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John 423Yet a time is coming and has now come
when the true worshipers will worship the Father
in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of
worshipers the Father seeks.
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2 Corinthians 47But we have this treasure in
jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing
power is from God and not from us.
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Romans 121Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in
view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as
living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Godthis
is your spiritual act of worship.